Название: Who is Who in Hindu Mythology. 2 части
Автор: Surya N. Maruvada
Издательство: Notion Press
Жанр: религия
Год издания: 2020
Страниц: 600
ISBN: 978-1648056833
Язык: Английский
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 11 Мб

It is hard enough for anyone other than a dedicated scholar to read all 18 cantos of the great epic Mahabharata let alone the Ramaya?a, Bhagavata and the many Pura?as as well. In view of this and particularly today’s fast-paced life, this book presents the stories of characters from all the books of Hindu Mythology in a compact English version.

While reading a Telugu book titled ‘Purva Gatha Lahari’, the author was surprised to discover many fascinating stories and substories even in books with which he was quite familiar. He was so impressed that he decided to make the stories accessible to a wider audience of Indians as well as the Indian diaspora by writing an English version based on the Telugu book. A few examples of surprising details will illustrate the point:

• Several great warriors on the Kaurava side in the Mahabharata war were known to be invincible to anyone in the Pan?ava forces. The means of making the greatest of them, Bhishma disarm himself was devised several lifetimes earlier in Brahma’s court.

• The wife of Sage Atri was able to turn the Trimurtis into infants, and another ordinary woman was able to stop the dawn of a new day due to the spiritual power from being Pativratas.

• Even Vish?u was not immune from accountability for His actions, facing hardships in one incarnation from ?apas given to Him in a previous incarnation.

Whether one is inclined to read the whole book as a nonfiction narrative or use it as a reference to check particular stories, there is much here to savour.